Sports

There is always something special each year when the alumni make their way back to a packed house for the annual homecoming football game. Beyond the pageantry of Homecoming the Central City High School football team was looking to keep their season moving in the right direction as they battled Holdrege.

Next Up: Fort Calhoun (2-1) The Pioneers are a bit of a new face for the Bison to match up with as only the Kernels baseball team typically has them on their schedule. Fort Calhoun had a big season a year ago, but graduated a large senior class and looks to build off of that momentum.

Take your shot. A simple statement, but one that the Central City High School girls’ golf team has lived by this season as they have looked to move past their inexperience to keep getting better as the season goes on.

Coming off of a hard-fought battle with Heartland the Nebraska Christian Eagles looked to use that momentum to their favor as they hit the road to face Wisner-Pilger last Friday night. Both teams came ready to play and once again the Eagles found themselves locked in a battle.

Brick by brick has been he motto of the Central City High School volleyball team and this week the team took a big step in the right direction as they continue to build for the future of Bison volleyball. It was a busy week with half a dozen matches played, but one that also brought with it the team’s first two victories of the season.

The Central City High School football team hit the road last Friday as they were searching for their first win of the season. Across the field was the Cozad Haymakers who also were looking for their first win of the season after having opened the season with a lost to the McCook Bison.

If you look at the record of the Central City High School volleyball team it appears that the team is in similar shape to what they have been in recent season, however many Bison fans got their first opportunity to watch the team play on Tuesday night. It is easy to see growth and improvement from a season ago, but the Lady Bison still find themselves searching for that elusive first victory of the season.

For the second week in a row the High Plains Community Storm have found themselves in the ball game at the completion of the first quarter, but then fail to keep pace as the game goes along. This week it was a 50-26 loss to Central Valley as the Cougars took control in the middle stretch of the game.

You also can call them butter because the Central City High School softball team is on a roll.